Dad, Human, New Orleans ... Interested in design, tech, health, and the environment & preventing epidemics @ResolveTSL
New Orleans, LA
Joined September 2008
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All my fav ideas come when I try to go to bed early. I think my brain is just messing with me #adhdbrain
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today we launched ChatGPT. try talking with it here:
chat.openai.com
I didn't know Christy well, but I think we can all learn a lot from how she approached life.
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one thing we did at recent fellows course was get everyone to frame their mission (<8 words, of course) in terms of a win. too often, we settle for simply losing more slowly, especially in conservation
Overheard at the local coworking space rumor mill today, apparently @elonmusk just bought Facebook. Crazy times. 😝
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How did oil and gas lay waste to Louisiana's coast and make billions in the process? Followtheoil.org explains in revealing images and hard facts. Should be required viewing/reading for all in Louisiana and anywhere O&G wants to work.
nola.com/our_drowning_louisi…
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we - Mulago - have a some common advice to any of our organizations planning a big, expensive, third-party randomized control trial (RCT). there's a lot of uses for randomization, but in this thread RCT means a big trial that can prove (or not) your thing is worth scaling. a 🧵
For every infectious disease threat that makes headlines, there are outbreaks that were stopped before they could spread further. Check out @ResolveTSL’s new Epidemics that Didn’t Happen report. preventepidemics.org/etdh/
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What if I told you that roughly $500 for therapy + a little cash helped the most troubled young men in West Africa drop their crime and violence by half. For at least 10 years.
Almost 350 fewer crimes PER PARTICIPANT over 10y.
That's ~$1.50 per crime averted.
New paper & a 🧵
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In a time when our attention spans are constantly shortening, I have deep thankfulness for this man's decades of unrelenting focus. His legacy has implications for pretty much any discipline that interacts with humans. 3/3
Christopher passed away on March 17, 2022.
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This is pretty much everything I know about strategy for (serious) scale in about half the # of words in an average New Yorker article. This is what we teach our fellows; we hope it's useful for both doers and funders: ssir.org/articles/entry/stra…
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Hey public health tech people... we're looking to hire an expert in DHIS2 to join us at @ResolveTSL to work on cardiovascular health and epidemic preparedness projects across the world. Please RT and share with great people. #remote #dhis2 resolvetosavelives.bamboohr.…
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1 year after releasing @epiRHandbook, Applied Epi is launching an expanded suite of R support services for public health: live courses, free tutorials, a community discussion forum, R packages, report templates, and case studies! appliedepi.org 1/10
#rstats #epitwitter
ALT A pyramid showing Applied Epi's R services and how they create a comprehensive ecosystem
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For the last 4 years, I've worked at @ResolveTSL building software to support public health. It's been the most fulfilling and challenging job I've ever had.
We're looking for great people to join our team, so it's time I told the story of building Simple.org 🧵
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My TED Talk is now live! It's about my work at @Nexleaf using data to strengthen vaccine supply chains around the world. Thanks so much to the @TEDtalks @TEDFellow teams for making this dream a reality!
Watch here: bit.ly/31lSYyR
#VaccinesSaveLives #TEDTalk
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The Covid pandemic revealed that governments that work well with limited tools do better than those that work poorly with the best tools. fam.ag/31uMUkI
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Tens of millions of AstraZeneca vaccines that won't be approved here soon enough are languishing in US depots. Our supply already exceeds the number of Americans. Less than 1% of Africa has been vaccinated. President Biden: Let our surplus vaccines go—now. nytimes.com/2021/03/17/opini…
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It’s time for a new religion: “the church of the living blue marble floating in an endless void of lifeless cold vacuum.” amanda gorman just composed our catechism.
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Who will you protect? COVID Defense is Louisiana's new app to help protect ourselves and those closest to us from the virus. It notifies you if you’ve been exposed so that you do not expose others. Download the app today.
#CovidDefense #NewOrleans @ladepthealth @nolahealthdept
Hi Louisiana and New Orleans friends, @LADeptHealth launched an exposure notification app today to help stop the spread. It's called COVID Defense -> check it out: CovidDefensela.com